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Student follows inquiry through with relevant research. Has refined and gathered information and communicates findings into a suitable digital presentation.
Findings highly informative and relevant. Information selected about key issues extremely concise and communicated clearly on the digital resource.
Findings informative and relevant. Information selected about key issues clear. Concise language communicated on digital resource .
Findings somewhat informative and relevant. Information selected about key issues communicated on digital resource.
Findings uninformative and irrelevant. Little or confusing information selected about key issues communicated on digital resource.
Little evidence of findings. Confusing or no information selected about key issues. Poorly communicated on digital resource.
Completed presentation communicates reflection of the impact of the explorer on the early settlers’ life in Australia.
Highly informative information clearly reflecting on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples.
Informative information reflects on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples.
Some information not clearly reflecting on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples.
Little or confusing information. Does not reflect on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples.
Confusing or no relevant information. No reflection on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples.
Presentation communicates understanding of the many different issues that may occur on the journeys both explorer and modern.
Highly reflective article discussing many possible outcomes for the journey with many different issues that may occur taken into account.
Reflective article discussing several possible outcomes for the journey with some different issues that may occur taken into account.
Somewhat reflective article discussing only two or three possible outcomes with the occasional issue raised that may occur.
Article shows little or confusing discussion and limited possibilities taken into account. One or two possible events taken into account.
Article shows no discussion. Communicates poor or no understanding of difficulties that may arise during the journey.
Use of appropriate language throughout the presentation, including grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Very small number of spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors.
Some spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors.
Spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors found throughout..
Many spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors found.
Extremely high number of spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors found.